MOUNT OLIVET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Mt Olivet Annual Christmas Party Plan now to attend the Annual Christmas Party and Living Nativity on Sunday, December 15 th at 6pm. Invite friends and potential members and let’s celebrate the birth of Jesus! Bells will be ringing, and small children will be singing! All children and youth are invited to help make the story of the birth of Jesus come alive for all to see. We will start our celebration in the Sanctuary. After, all are invited to share snacks in the Community Life Center as we await a visit from our December 2019 01 Caroling 02 Circle of Friends Christmas Dinner 05 AED Training 07 Stew 15 Crossroads Deadline Christmas Cantata Christmas Party 17 UMM Christmas Dinner Caroling at Roman Eagle Sunday, December 1 1:30 Pm Meet at Church Coordinators – Please get 2020 schedules to Bobbie by December 15. If you would like to volunteer, please see Pastor Tim or Bobbie. We can CROSSROADS NEWSLETTER Advent & Christmas Bible Reading Plan Christmas Dinners United Methodist Men Linda’s Country Cooking Dec. 17 th , 5:30 pm
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MOUNT OLIVET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Mt Olivet Annual Christmas Party
Plan now to attend the Annual Christmas Party and Living Nativity
on Sunday, December 15th at 6pm. Invite friends and potential members and let’s
celebrate the birth of Jesus! Bells will be ringing, and small children will be singing! All children
and youth are invited to help make the story of the birth of Jesus come alive for all to see.
We will start our celebration in the Sanctuary. After, all are invited to share snacks in the
Community Life Center as we await a visit from our special guest.
December 2019 01 Caroling 02 Circle of Friends Christmas Dinner 05 AED Training 07 Stew 15 Crossroads Deadline Christmas Cantata Christmas Party 17 UMM Christmas Dinner 24 Christmas Eve Service 25 Merry Christmas 31 New Year’s Eve
Caroling at Roman EagleSunday, December 1
1:30 PmMeet at Church
Coordinators – Please get 2020 schedules to Bobbie by December
15.If you would like to volunteer, please see Pastor Tim or Bobbie. We can direct you to the correct coordinator.
CROSSROADS NEWSLETTER
Advent & Christmas Bible Reading Plan
Christmas DinnersUnited Methodist Men
Linda’s Country Cooking Dec. 17th, 5:30 pm
Circle of FriendsLa Nostra Cucina
Dec. 2nd, 6pm
Friends and Family of Mount Olivet UMC,Advent is upon us! Advent marks the beginning of the church year. During Advent, we prepare for, and anticipate, the coming of Christ. We remember the longing of Jews for a Messiah and our own longing for and need for the Messiah. In essence we are humbled as we are reminded of our need for forgiveness, salvation and a new beginning.Even as we look back and celebrate the birth of Jesus in a humble stable in Bethlehem, we also look forward anticipating the second coming of Christ as the fulfillment of all that was promised by his first coming.It is a time where the church is actively called to prepare for the working of Christ in the coming year! The liturgy and advent wreath is an example of this. The Advent wreath, four candles on a wreath of evergreen, is shaped in a perfect circle to symbolize the eternity of God. During each Sunday of the Advent season, we focus on one of the four virtues Jesus brings us: Hope, Love, Joy and Peace. Others consider the lighting of the first candle to symbolize expectation, while the second symbolizes hope, the third joy and the fourth purity. The Christ candle is lit on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day reminding Christians that Jesus is the light of the world. The wreath continually reminds us of whom we are called to be as followers of Jesus.Bishop/ Saint Augustine once said: "What praises for God's love should we be voicing, what thanks should we be giving? After all, he loved us so much that He, through whom all times were made, became human within time for our sake; that He, more ancient in eternity than the world itself, became younger in age than many of His servants in the world ... He loved us so much that He was created from a mother whom He had created, was carried in hands He had made, was nourished at breasts He had filled; that He, the Word without whom all human eloquence is mute, wailed in a manger in mute infancy ... Once, back in paradise, you were so fluent [in speaking] that you named every living thing. For your sake, however, your Creator lay speechless and could not even call His mother by her name"
As we reflect of Christ let us remember the humility which Christ took on. Let us remember the calling of Christ to be as humble as he who bore our sins. Let us boast loudly in our weakness so that God’s strength can be seen! Let us prayerful seek God as we draw near to the New Year. Let us anticipate with joy the work God has called us to.Remember that once advent is over Christmas is just beginning…We get two whole weeks to experience the joy of Christmas. The director of the General Board of Discipleship for the United Methodist Church: The Reverend Taylor Burton-Edwards notes: “The Christmas Season begins with the birth of Jesus and gives us two full weeks to encounter the extraordinary love, threats, dangers and opportunities God's Incarnation [in the birth of Jesus] set off then and still sets off today."
I pray you will find nourishment, grace, and hope as we prepare for another year in the Christian journey. Where we will meet threats, and dangers but more than that we will find extraordinary love, hope, grace, and peace.Your Brother and Servant in Christ.Pastor Tim
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Greeter Michelle Owen Samantha Owen Ann Astin Jacki Hearp Tim Kemp
Counters Vann Dillion & TBA Steve Kent &Lyn Hill
Michelle Owen & William Hall
Joan Holley & Bill Kent
Cheryl Richardson & Bridget Kemp
Children’s Church
Dianne & Mary Harr Dianne & Mary Harr Dianne & Mary Harr Dianne & Mary Harr Dianne & Mary Harr
Kid’s Corner Thadd Christian Alicia Gregory Dianne Harr Mylie Dillion Dianne Harr
Nursery Mark & Kelsey Shelton
Leslie Christian & Wendy Hall
Bridget Kemp & Samantha Owen
Alicia Gregory & Brianne Conner
Cheryl & Dustin Cockram
Head Usher Tim Kemp –> –> –>
Trystan Epps and Family
Elizabeth GregoryDebra Gray Family
Nina GilesBev Going
Kevin GoinsDavid Haden
Jerry HaymoreRon Haymore
Charles HyltonHarriet KeithMegan KempYolie Knowles
